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  • #16
    It could be a bug, but it could also be hack to fix a bug in some third party component, or ...
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    • #17
      Originally posted by Indiana
      Well, but still I think any decent written software should NEVER try to execute code that's explicitely marked as storage data...
      This would make a BIG security-hole, or?
      If it's old code, then the data COULDN'T have been marked for the NX bit.
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      • #18
        Originally posted by Indiana
        Well, but still I think any decent written software should NEVER try to execute code that's explicitely marked as storage data...
        This would make a BIG security-hole, or?
        That did not stop developers from doing it for some performance boosting.

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